Structural determinants of global trade in graphic paper and pulp products

Both trade and production of graphic paper have decreased over the last three decades. While this general decrease can partially be attributed to increased prominence information technology, overall figure is devoid context thus most its meaning global economy. In study we aim break trend down across geographical temporal scope, supply-chain commodities find out what drives patterns. Econometric models focus on trading countries direct exports or imports but fail consider structural indirect relations. We take approach network analysis, where emphasis structure not country-level descriptors. 1995–2017 period as within it observed assess entire pulp supply chain, consisting printing writing paper, mechanical wood pulp, chemical semichemical made from fiber other than wood, recovered paperboard. employ descriptive statistical grouping role end with an inferential logistic regression quadratic assignment procedure model. Results show that newsprint decline mirrored in pulp. The densities remained generally stable throughout period, topological proprieties individual product groups vary greatly. Although no stabile assessed could observed, analysis shows tend their continent, European are at core network, shift value followed by increasing several Asian countries, such China Indonesia. important finding internal effects reciprocity transitivity much more explanatory classical used GDP per capita, distance forest endowment.